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" If you&amp;#039;re anything like me, you wish for like-new-condition classic cars to be available to buy, in the condition that they left the factory gates 25-30 years ago or more. But time and elements constantly gnaw on any car, and subjecting a beautiful car to road conditions and the vicinity of other drivers will inevitably take its toll. A classic Mercedes or Porsche, bought affordably, will need an immense amount of funds and care to bring back to the state in which it once was - and buying used is always a bit of a lottery, even when you&amp;#039;re perfectly knowledgeable about vintage cars. Picking up a garage queen with extremely low mileage won&amp;#039;t necessarily work either, as old rubber hoses and gaskets will have aged due to non-use, and most everything will seep or leak.  Brabus, in their infinite wisdom, have devised a solution. The German tuner and restorer is now offering a Brabus Classic line, consisting of classic Mercedes-Benz and Porsche cars subjected to a nut-and-bolt restoration. And while you can purchase a skillfully restored car elsewhere, Brabus Classic has a trump card up its sleeve: a two-year warranty. That&amp;#039;s right, were you pick a 450 SLC from their lineup, they&amp;#039;ll back it for two years.  The prices, obviously, reflect the as-new condition of the cars. Browsing the Brabus website brings up a \u20AC39,900 1985 190E 2.3-16 Cosworth saloon, with a little under 60,000 km on its clock. While you could pick up a cheap 2.3-16 for, say, \u20AC5000, it will almost necessarily need that amount invested in it several times over in restoration or repairs. Even so, let&amp;#039;s just say that for \u20AC39,900 I&amp;#039;d really rather pick up the Cosworth-prepared autobahnstormer than a modern C-Class with a non-noteworthy engine.  Moving up the scale, a C107-body 450 SLC is a cool \u20AC109,900, and a 280SL &amp;quot;Pagoda&amp;quot; will set you back a frankly staggering \u20AC289,900. Then again, a red R107 280SL with only 13700 km is a mere \u20AC64,900, which sounds fairly reasonable. And newer SLs from the early &amp;#039;90s hover at the \u20AC40k mark. From the Porsche line, you can select a 1996 993 with little more than 23,000 km on the clock for \u20AC80,000. Not cheap, but Porsche restoration doesn&amp;#039;t come cheap either, and these days 993s are very expensive to begin with.  So, Brabus Classic Division is the stuff of dreams. Forget the sterility of new cars, forget the hassle of restoration - go down to Brabus with an appropriately-sized wad of cash, and drive off in a practically new car from the 1970s or 1980s. Given the possibility, I would do that in a heartbeat. "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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